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Also seen  while we were at the Academy:


Bernice Aickin had a floral piece with woven Tenex Phornium covering the floral foam, ToeToe flowers on top, and woven flax flowers in a set of three.


Dione Drew was taught to make flax flowers by another class member Judy Andrews, who in turn was taught by a Maori woman.Dione loves"the fiddly stuff" as they all turn out differently and  there are endless variations, including usng ribbon.


Evelyn Matthews used gerberas in floral foam, and then their cut off stalks around the outside of the container, with a bit of matching cinnamay  as a casual tie.

Sandra Glander's lovely little gift basket featured glued protea petals around the base, with 5 small gergeras sprayed lighted with gold glitter, and small sprigs of conifer

Floralartmall.com would like to thank Julie Sorraghan, Amanda Smith, Karen Tuapawa, Sandra Glander, Dione Drew, Bernadine Aickin, Evelyn Matthews, Engkeen Tiong and Judy Andrews, the class of 2002 and their tutor Vicky Garrity  for sharing their designs and ideas with us.
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The Academy New Zealand,has a floristry school teaching the Introductory Certificate in Floristry Level 3.



In May 2002 floralartmall.com received an invitation to visit the class and see their work. Here is the corporate dinner setting  the group had just completed, to inspire you whether you are a beginner or a seasoned floral arranger.If you would like to see other schools, events and florisrs we have visited since 2002, subscribe to floral design magazine, your monthly fix of inspiration here

First the side table designs.


A close up of the bottom of the designs with the anthirriums, flax leaves, leucodendron and twisted willow.
This design, repeated,  was on a side table at the head of the main corporate dining area.

The table glasses, cutlery and napkins all lined up perfectly as a path for the eye to these two top designs at the end of the room as the guest walked in the door.
To start these designs they first acquired two ice bucket holders, and turned them upside down.They were then covered in green parafilm to hide the shiny surface.No paint here as the hospitality school wanted them back!
The cut green bamboo was then balanced inside the stand. As tutor Vicky said,"It was a lesson in actual and visual balance" as they had to place the bamboo so the designs didn't tip over, then attach with wire and secure.


Tenex Phornium was then wrapped and glued around the design, and this effectively hid the stand. Twisted willow was placed inside the frame, and leucodendron  bend around the outside.
Finally the  large red anthirriums were added. They were all in separate phials so they could be placed anywhere and still remain in water.The phial was hidden inside a roll of tenex Phornium.

And now to the table!

Proteas, Strelitzia, Heliconia and leaves made this a simple and very dramatic design. It was repeated down the length of the table and provided height, carrying on the tropical Pacific theme.
Between these designs were large monstera leaves, hibiscus flowers in phials,and bunches of bananas and chillies, set around large pillar candles.
A candleabra was in the centre.

The black tablecloth and napkin was the perfect foil for the simple thistle flower tucked into the napkin at each placing.
Each chair has this small flower repeated at its back attached with silver coiling tape.